Ka Elele Poakolu, Volume II, Number 23, 10 August 1881 — HE KANAWAI MAIKAI. [ARTICLE]

HE KANAWAI MAIKAI.

Ua hooholoia mai nei e na Hale Ahaoielo eiua' o Nu Kilani, he kanawai e kau ana i ka auhau kino he ©50 maluna o kela a me keia Pake e iele aku ana iuka o ia aina ; a aoie hoi e ae ia kekahi moku e iawe aku i ka huina nui o na Pake a oi ae mamua o hookahi Pake no kela me keia 10 tona o ka moku. Ke uhai ke Kapena moku i keia, alaila, e uku ana oia- he S5Q no keia me keia Pake i oi aku, a nana no hoi e uku i ka auhau kino. A ke makemake kekahi Pake e haaleie iho ia aina a hoi no ka home a wahi e aku paha, ina maloko mai o ekolu makahiki mahope iho o kona hiki mua ana aku ilaila, alaila, e hoihoi hou ia aku no kana dala i uku mua loa ai n® ka auhau kino, mahope nae o kona hooiaio ana, aole loa oia i hoopaahao ia no kekahi hewa, a aole hoi i lilo ke Aupuni mamuli o ka malama aana iaia iloko o ia manawa. Ke manāo nei makou— a®le no ka manao iao i ka 1'aKui Pake ; aka,, no' kq ike maoli iho no ua lawa kakou me ia lahui— he mea pono e hanaia i kanawai ma Hawaii nei i ano like me keia; a ano e, ae paha, ;ke ikēia he kumu kaupale aku i ke kaheawai ana mai a keia lahui, e like me ia i keia mhu la. Ua ano pau loa a nalowale joa hoi na manao ana ae no ke kulana o ka lahui no lakou ka aina; a ke ikeia aku nei ko lakou hoopili ia a paa i ke kuono. Aole no paha e hiki ke ahewa ^ ia ka Pake no kona hooikaika, he maikai ia, aka, ma ka aoao o, ia maikai hookahi, aia he nui a lehulehu wale na kumu ino. Nolaila, o ka lawa a oi kuhewahewa ioa o kakou me keia ano lahui, aole loa ia he mea maikai ma ko makou noonoo ana. Aole makou i ike he poe hana ino a hoohaunaele, aole pela, he poe noho malie no iakou e like me ka Hawaii — aka, aia ma na ano o ko lakou noho'na, aia malaila ke kumu pilikk o ke kamaaina kupa o ka aina. Ua ike ko Nu Kilani poe i keia mēa, a aole loa lakou i kanai ka 'hana i kanawai no ko lakou pono iho— a p.eiiea la auanēi o Hawaii ? E makapo anei i ka hapala ia o na maka e na paona ko a ka poe mahiko ? Aole ! Ma kēkahi la o ka pule-i hala^ ua haule , iho la he wahi keiki auku, ekolu a eha paha makahiki, maloko o ke kai, makai ae nei o .ka uapo, a e ole kā ike koke ana o Keoki, oiai ua wahi keiki nei e poholo ihō ana, ua holo aku la ia a hopu, a huki ae la- a kau inka. Pakele maoli., Mai hoekuu wale e na makua i na kamaiki a kakou.